More Baby Footwear...

A smorgesboard of baby footwear....Lots of practice with free motion quilting.  A few tips I have learned this past week---I no longer drop my feed dogs and I slow down and now I feel like I'm in control with this free motion  stuff.  For you scrapbookers out there, the Crocodile tool set the eyelets in the little oxfords beautifully.  Great tool.  I have looked high and low locally for 14" shoe laces for the oxfords.  No shoe store carries them.  You can order them online, but total cost with shipping for 2 pair is $10.00.  I got out the embroidery floss and made a twisted cord...under 50 cents!!!  You can find the patterns for these fun little quilted shoes  here.

Baby Footwear...

 One of my daughter's Young Women leaders is having a baby shower today....she is having her first baby girl.  Said daughter informed me that we needed to get a gift.  I have had these little baby footwear patterns for a year now, but to CHICKEN to make them...imagine that.

 They are a bit fiddly to make, but I really enjoyed it!!  You first quilt the fabric, then cut them out and sew.  Free motion quilting is not my forte--but hey, I let loose last night on the feed dogs and went to town.  The quilting leaves much to be desired, but they are so small it doesn't matter.

The pattern shows a proper bow where I put the rosebuds.  I wanted rosebuds so I went Vanessa Christenson's blog to her ring tutorial and it was perfect for these little shoes.  If you need a baby gift or have adorable grandbabies, you can find the pattern here.  I was gigling quite a bit making these.  They are so adorable!!  There are also boy footwear patterns available on her website that are adorable as well!!